Kate SCANLON b. Abt 1845 , , , Ireland d. 30 Aug 1849 , , , At Sea: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1845 - 1849 (~ 4 years)

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Name	Kate SCANLON [1]
Birth	Abt 1845	, , , Ireland [1]
Gender	Female
_UID	D6362CA32C72478DAE604E8663FA3F06D16A
Death	30 Aug 1849	, , , At Sea [1]
	Catherine Scanlon and Children: 1849 Franchise Passenger List Catherine Higgins Scanlon and her children are probably listed here on this fourth page of the Franchise passenger list, though their surnames are misspelled "Feanton" and "Scarton." Catherine and two of her children appear to have died on board the ship. Catherine died Aug 23rd followed by Kate, age 4, on Aug 30th and James, age 2, on Aug 31. Only Mary, age 12, Fanny, age 9, John, age 6, and Samuel, age 5, survived the trip according to the list. Original data: Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891. Micropublication M277. RG036. 115 rolls. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
	Ship "Franchise" 1849 Passenger List Passenger list showing Scanlon family with deaths of Catherine, Kate and James noted.
Person ID	I5315	Our Family Tree \| Ancestors and Descendants of Nancy Dwyer Nowell
Last Modified	5 Nov 2020

Father	Patrick SCANLON, b. Cal 18 Mar 1812, , , , Ireland d. 18 Jan 1892, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 79 years)
Mother	Catherine HIGGINS, b. Abt 1809, , , , Ireland d. 23 Aug 1849, , , , At Sea (Age ~ 40 years)
Marriage	Abt 1836	, , , Ireland
Family ID	F1159	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Birth - Abt 1845 - , , , Ireland
	Death - 30 Aug 1849 - , , , At Sea

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I5315&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Kate SCANLON."

Sources

[S2509] "Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963," database with images, Ancestry , ((https://ancestry.com : 2006)), Copy of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Franchise of Newburyport ... bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston, list 2407, 24 Apr 1849, page 4, line 19, Kate Scarton, age 4, Died Aug 30; 032 - Sep 17-Nov 30, 1849 > image 97 of 594; citing NARA microfilm publication M277 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).